Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_90931019&REV_03; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver. The archive contains version 6.216.0120.2009 released on 2009-01-20 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 178135 bytes (173.96 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4 stars out of 42415 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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